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Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa vs Wesley So
Sinquefield Cup (2024), Saint Louis, MO USA, rd 5, Aug-23
Italian Game: Classical Variation. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Aug-24-24  goodevans: When I left for bed last night it seemed Pragg was odds on for victory but So's persistance paid off for him.

Things began to go wrong for Pragg in this position:


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Here he played <97.Kf3?> putting the K in line for a discovered check when there were, it seems, any number of winning alternatives (maybe one day the 8 piece tablebases will confirm this).

After <97...Bd4+> the win was still possible but he'd have had to have found <98.Bd3!>. The B can't be taken of course because of <98...Rxd3? 99.Ke4> leaving a winning K, R and P endgame even if Black nabs the g-pawn.

The players will be glad of the rest day that follows this little marathon.

Aug-24-24
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  offramp: Both players did very well; Wesley So tried to attack White, and gave up two pawns. Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa was not worried about the attack.

Black put up a long defence. He used his king as a total nuisance, and White found headway very slow.

Oct-20-24
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  DaltriDiluvi: Here's the position at move 94, White to move:


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If Pragg had played <94.Rd3!> (instead of <94.Bg6>), he would have forced a theoretically won bishop endgame. Maybe it's not even that hard to win in practice - the black king on e1 looks out of place.

If Black tries to keep the rooks on the board with <94...Rc2+> then White gets his way after <95.Kf3>, the point being <95...Ba7 (or any other sensible bishop move) 96.Re3+! Bxe3 97.Bxc2>.

Oct-20-24
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  perfidious: <DaltriDiluvi....Maybe it's not even that hard to win in practice - the black king on e1 looks out of place....>

With the black king offside, this should be won with minimal care.

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